Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly listens to a reporters question during a news conference at the team's NFL football training facility, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Chip Kelly’s first full-squad practice with the Eagles Tuesday had a festive pregame sound to it. That’s the way he rolled at Oregon. If the Eagles win it’s only a matter of time before they market Kelly’s playlist.

Thirty-two-year-old Michael Vick, the oldest Eagle by one month, took the inaugural first-team snaps at quarterback according to Kelly.

Nick Foles and Dennis Dixon, the latter of whom played for Kelly at Oregon, also worked in with the first team. Kelly says they’re in a rotation and it’s early to read into who played with what group.

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“The depth chart,” Kelly said, “is more of a seating chart than a depth chart.”

And so it was.

The players could have used a seating chart in the third team period. Kelly’s drill is to practice fast for 35 minutes, downshift into teaching mode and then switch gears back to practice speed.

Though the pace wasn’t nearly as fast as the Ducks rolled in Eugene, due to familiarity and a roster of just 74, Kelly conceded guys were winded. They would be smart to get over it ASAP.

Kelly’s first three days of practices will impact what the Eagles do with their roster, starting with the upcoming draft.

“It’s difficult at times to make an evaluation on some guys just watching film,” Kelly said. “You don’t know what the play call was or what they were instructed. You’re just kind of watching athletic ability. When you actually get to see them three straight days running around doing different things it gives you a better understanding of what your team is. Kind of where they are. There are going to be some guys that maybe they were looked at as a guy that wasn’t as highly touted, but really fits into what we do, and maybe some other guys that are highly touted that aren’t exactly the right fit.”

Speaking of fits, the big news was Pro Bowl left offensive tackle Jason Peters made it through the first practice in his comeback from twice tearing an Achilles’ tendon. Kelly’s synopsis was interesting.

“Jason looked like what I had hoped he was going to look like,” Kelly said. “First off, he’s a very big human being that moves extremely well. But he participated through the full practice. So I think it’s one of those deals when it’s probably a good sign when you never looked over and said, ‘Gee, he doesn’t look like he’s himself right now.’ He was moving around and looked really at home at left tackle. So when you have someone that’s got that type of talent at that type of size, it’s encouraging to see him get through that practice.”

Much more encouraging was Kelly’s general breakdown of prospects in draft. It is proof positive general manager Howie Roseman isn’t the only guy doing the evaluations. Interestingly Kelly went right to the quarterbacks.

“There’s not an Andrew Luck or an RGIII or someone where you can just say, ‘hey that guy is going to be a 10-year All-Pro,” Kelly said. “I had the opportunity to coach against Andrew Luck in our league. He was as close as there was to a can’t-miss guy. I don’t see that type of guy in this draft … At any position, to be honest with you. But I think depth-wise there are a lot of quality players in this draft and our job is to figure it out.”

What happens in Kelly’s closed practices the next couple of days won’t necessarily stay at his practices. Players will be made available beginning Wednesday afternoon.

That said, it’s a long offseason.

“It’s the middle of April,” Kelly said. “It’s not September. We’ll have a better understanding of where they are when they leave here in June.”

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NOTES: All 74 of the Eagles on the roster were at practice per Kelly. Participating on a limited basis were center Jason Kelce, tight end Evan Moore and linebacker Chris McCoy, all coming off injuries … Kelly said veteran quarterback Trent Edwards asked for his release to find a job with another team … Danny Watkins stepped in at right guard, Todd Herremans at right tackle with the first team per Kelly, who said the coaches rotated linemen.